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The Holy trinity june 7, 2020 8:00 and 11:00

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the Ushers’ station. Thank you for worshiping with us – and, again, welcome!

Prayer upon Entering Gracious God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in whose name we have been saved through the

waters of Holy Baptism, strengthen my trust in Christ’s work on the Cross as I now bow before

Your altar of mercy. Open again my ears to Your mighty Word, that I might live this week

with a joyful heart. Hear me for Jesus’ sake. Amen.

ONE GOD, THREE PERSONS, AND THE ATHANASIAN CREED Since 1334, the

first Sunday after the Day of Pentecost, the Christian Church has celebrated the Holy Trinity,

the one God in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The great mystery of the Trinity

(“How can God be one God and yet, at the same time, three distinct persons?”) is revealed in

Holy Scripture, but not explained in detail. However, Christians for 2,000 years have been

witnesses to the teaching of the Bible and to the reality of the Triune God.

Jesus himself clearly reveals that there is one God, yet three divine persons as He

commands the church to go, baptizing and teaching: And Jesus came and said to them, “All

authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”

(Matthew 28:18-19).

Jesus here does not command that all nations be baptized in the names (plural) of the

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but in the name (singular); one substance and three persons. In

connection with this Great Commission, read again the account of Jesus’ own Baptism

(Matthew 3:16) where all divine persons work together to initiate the public ministry of the

Savior. Other passages of Scripture that reveal the reality of the Holy Trinity include: 1Peter

1:2, 2Corinthians 13:14 and 1Corinthians 12:4-6.

In connection with our confession in the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the

Lutheran Church is one of the few remaining denominations that still believe that the true

teaching of Scripture is accurately set down in the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the

Athanasian Creed. While our congregation often confesses the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene

Creed, the Athanasian Creed is slowly being forgotten, even in “traditional” Lutheran

congregations (due to its relatively long length and the strong statements in sentences, 1, 2, 26,

and 40). This, despite the fact it is included in the Book of Concord and the object of Martin

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Luther’s saying that, “I doubt whether the New Testament church has a more important

document since the Apostolic Age” (Teigen 15).

This morning, we are drawn to the altar and lectern and pulpit to hear the voice of our

Triune God in Holy Scripture. May each of us remember our God’s saving work, and the one

name said over us at our Baptism, and echoed as the worship service begins: In the name of the

Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Prelude

Opening Verse Pastor: This is the day the Lord has made.

Cong.: Let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)

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Hymn The congregation is invited to stand and face the processional cross as it enters the sanctuary

“Holy, Holy, Holy” [LSB hymn 507]

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Stand Confession and Absolution The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism

Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Cong.: Amen. (Matthew 28:19b)

Pastor: Beloved in the Lord! Let us draw near with a true heart and confess our sins unto

God our Father, beseeching Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant us

forgiveness. (Hebrews 10:22)

Pastor: Our help is in the name of the Lord,

Cong.: who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:8)

Pastor: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord,

Cong.: and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Psalm 32:5)

Silence for reflection on God's Word and for self-examination

Pastor: O almighty God, merciful Father,

Cong.: I, a poor, miserable sinner, confess unto You all my sins and iniquities

with which I have ever offended You and justly deserved Your

temporal and eternal punishment. But I am heartily sorry for them and

sincerely repent of them, and I pray You of Your boundless mercy and

for the sake of the holy, innocent, bitter sufferings and death of Your

beloved Son, Jesus Christ, to be gracious and merciful to me, a poor,

sinful being.

Pastor: Upon this your confession, I, by virtue of my office, as a called and ordained servant

of the Word, announce the grace of God unto all of you, and in the stead and by the

command of my Lord Jesus Christ I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father

and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Cong.: Amen. (John 20:19-23)

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Introit (Psalm 16:8-11; antiphon: Liturgical Text)

Pastor: Blessèd be the Holy Trinity and the undivided Unity.

Let us give glory to him because he has shown his mercy to us.

I have set the LORD always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Cong.: Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

Pastor: For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.

Cong.: You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is

fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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All: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Pastor: Blessed be the Holy Trinity and the undivided Unity.

Let us give glory to him because he has shown his mercy to us.

Kyrie (Mark 10:47)

Gloria in Excelsis (Luke 2:14, John 1:29)

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Salutation (2 Timothy 4:22)

Pastor: The Lord be with you.

Cong.:And with your spirit.

Collect of the Day Pastor: Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us grace to acknowledge the glory of

the eternal Trinity by the confession of a true faith and to worship the Unity in the

power of the Divine Majesty. Keep us steadfast in this faith and defend us from all

adversities; for You, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, live and reign, one God, now and

forever.

Cong.: Amen.

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Sit Readings from Holy Scripture Elder: The Lord be with you.

Cong.: And also with you.

Old Testament Reading (page 1 in the pew Bibles) Genesis 1:1-2:4a

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and

void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the

face of the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good.

And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he

called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the

waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under

the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the

expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let

the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were

gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing

fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth

brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing

fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And

there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the

night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and let them be lights

in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. And God made the

two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the

stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the

day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was

good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above

the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created the great sea creatures and every

living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every

winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them,

saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the

earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock

and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. And God

made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds,

and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have

dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and

over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he

created them.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and

subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over

every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “Behold, I have given you every

plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You

shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and

to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every

green plant for food.” And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it

was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh

day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work

that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested

from all his work that he had done in creation.

These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

Elder: This is the Word of the Lord.

Cong: Thanks be to God.

Epistle (page 910 in the pew Bibles) Acts 2:14a, 22-36

Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them,

“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with

mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you

yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of

God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the

pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning

him, “‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;

therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you

will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made

known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and

was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that

God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he

foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades,

nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.

Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the

promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,

“‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’

Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and

Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Elder: This is the Word of the Lord.

Cong: Thanks be to God.

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Stand Alleluia

Pastor:The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the twenty-eighth chapter.

The Holy Gospel (page 835 in the pew Bibles) Matthew 28:16-20

Jesus commands his church to teach and baptize in the name of the Triune God.

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to

them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make

disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you

always, to the end of the age.”

Pastor:This is the Gospel of our Lord.

The Athanasian Creed [LSB page 319]

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Early in the fourth century, a North African pastor named Arius began teaching that Jesus

Christ was not truly God. The Church responded decisively in AD 325 with a statement of faith

(The Nicene Creed), which confessed that Jesus is, in fact, true God. Toward the end of the

fifth century, another creed was written that delved further into the mystery of the Trinity.

Though attributed to Athanasius, a fourth-century opponent of Arius, this anonymous creed

clearly came at a later stage in the debate.

The Athanasian Creed declares that its teachings concerning the Holy Trinity and our Lord’s

incarnation are “the catholic faith”. In other words, this is what the true Church of all times

and all places has confessed. More than fifteen centuries later, the Church continues to confess

this truth, confident that the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, has given Himself for

our salvation.

Pastor: Whoever desires to be saved must, above all, hold the catholic faith.

Cong.: Whoever does not keep it whole and undefiled will without doubt perish

eternally.

Pastor: And the catholic faith is this,

Cong.: that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither

confusing the persons nor dividing the substance.

Pastor: For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Holy Spirit is another.

Cong.: But the Godhead of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is

one: the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.

Pastor: Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit:

Cong.: the Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, the Holy Spirit uncreated;

Pastor: the Father infinite, the Son infinite, the Holy Spirit infinite;

Cong.: the Father eternal, the Son eternal, the Holy Spirit eternal.

Pastor: And yet there are not three Eternals, but one Eternal,

Cong.: just as there are not three Uncreated or three Infinites, but one

Uncreated and one Infinite.

Pastor: In the same way, the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, the Holy Spirit almighty;

Cong.: and yet there are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.

Pastor: So the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God;

Cong.: and yet there are not three Gods, but one God.

Pastor: So the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord;

Cong.: and yet there are not three Lords, but one Lord.

Pastor: Just as we are compelled by the Christian truth to acknowledge each distinct person as

God and Lord, so also are we prohibited by the catholic religion to say that there are

three Gods or Lords.

Cong.: The Father is not made nor created nor begotten by anyone.

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Pastor: The Son is neither made nor created, but begotten of the Father alone.

Cong.: The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son, neither made nor

created nor begotten, but proceeding.

Pastor: Thus, there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit,

not three Holy Spirits.

Cong.: And in this Trinity none is before or after another; none is greater or

less than another;

Pastor: but the whole three persons are coeternal with each other and coequal, so that in all

things, as has been stated above, the Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity is to be

worshiped.

Cong.: Therefore, whoever desires to be saved must think thus about the

Trinity.

Pastor: But it is also necessary for everlasting salvation that one faithfully believe the

incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cong.: Therefore, it is the right faith that we believe and confess that our Lord

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is at the same time both God and man.

Pastor: He is God, begotten from the substance of the Father before all ages; and He is man,

born from the substance of His mother in this age:

Cong.: perfect God and perfect man, composed of a rational soul and human

flesh;

Pastor: equal to the Father with respect to His divinity, less than the Father with respect to His

humanity.

Cong.: Although He is God and man, He is not two, but one Christ:

Pastor: one, however, not by the conversion of the divinity into flesh, but by the assumption of

the humanity into God;

Cong.: one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person.

Pastor: For as the rational soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ,

Cong.: who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third

day from the dead,

Pastor: ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from

whence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

Cong.: At His coming all people will rise again with their bodies and give an

account concerning their own deeds.

Pastor: And those who have done good will enter into eternal life, and those who have done

evil into eternal fire.

Cong.: This is the catholic faith; whoever does not believe it faithfully and

firmly cannot be saved.

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Sit Hymn of the Day“Father Most Holy” [LSB hymn 504]

Sit Sermon “The Gift of God With Us”

(Pastor Jim Toma)

Offertory (Psalm 51:10-12)

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Offering You may place your offering in the plate as you exit the Sanctuary.

Stand Prayer of the Church (1 Timothy 2:1-4)

Pastor: Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according

to their needs.

O blessed and holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hear the prayers of Your

people and grant to us all things according to Your Word and promise. Lord, in Your

mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: In the beginning, Father, Your Word spoke all things into being and from nothing You

made all that is. Help us to see the imprint of Your love in the goodness of creation and

to exercise responsible care of all that You have entrusted to us. Lord, in Your mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: Throughout the ages, Father, Your Spirit filled the sin-stained world with hope and

called us to repentance and faith. Help us to hear the voice of Your Word and to

respond with faith, confessing You without fear before all manner of people and in

every corner of the earth. As You planned long before the world began, deliver us in

Christ, that we may be Your own and live according to Your commands all our days.

Lord, in Your mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: In this day and in this time, Father, raise up for Your Church godly men to serve her as

pastors and faithful teachers and church workers to make known Your saving Gospel.

Raise up faithful servants who will heed Your call and serve to the best of their ability

wherever You place them. Lord, in Your mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: In Baptism, Father You joined us to our Savior’s death and resurrection. Guide us, that

we may live out faithfully the new lives born of water and the Spirit, serving You with

all our bodies, minds, souls, and strength. In the face of disease and death, make us bold

to expect that we will be united with Him in a resurrection like His. Lord, in Your

mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

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Pastor: In government and law, Father, You work to establish and preserve order, protecting

the weak and fostering godly virtue. Bless our president, our governor, and all who

make, administer, and judge our laws. Deliver the world from the threats of this

pandemic and preserve the nations in peace. Bless all who defend us in the armed

forces, aid us in emergency and medical fields, and inform us with news. Hinder those

who oppress any peoples with mistruth, violence, or fear. Lord, in Your mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: In the hour of trial and in the moment of trouble, You are there, Father. Hear us as we

cry to You for the sake of the sick, the troubled in mind, the wounded in heart, those

who are travelling, and those who grieve... Deliver them from affliction as You will,

and sustain them in hope with a patient heart and strength for the day. Lord, in Your

mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: In the company of the saints, Father, You have shown us that You will not abandon

Your people but will keep them to everlasting life. Receive our thanks for those who

have gone before us with the sign of faith and now rest from their labors, and bring us

at last to dwell with them in Your presence forevermore. Lord, in Your mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: In this hour of worship, Father, You serve us with the gifts of Your grace in the Word

and Sacraments so that we might know the gift of a clear conscience and redeemed, we

might honor You with all we think, say, and do. Accept the sacrifice of our praise and

the tithes and offerings we bring. Lord, in Your mercy,

Cong.: hear our prayer.

Pastor: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy;

through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Cong.: Amen.

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Preface

(2 Timothy 4:22)

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(Colossians 3:1)

(Psalm 136)

Proper Preface Pastor: It is truly meet, right, and salutary … evermore praising You and singing:

Sanctus (Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:9)

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Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)

Pastor: Lord, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name,

thy kingdom come,

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory

forever and ever. Amen.

Words of Our Lord (Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25)

Pastor: Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when

He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: "Take, eat;

this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me."

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks,

He gave it to them, saying: "Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in

My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as

you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

Pax Domini (John 20:19)

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Agnus Dei (John 1:29)

The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at this altar in the confession and glad confidence that our

Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine, but His very body and blood to eat and to

drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and with one another.

Our Lord invites to His table those who trust in His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any

refusal to forgive and love as He forgives and loves us, that they may show forth His death

until He comes.

Because those who eat and drink our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great

harm and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is confessed at this altar,

any who are not yet instructed, are in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of

this congregation and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and yet desire to receive the

Sacrament, are asked first to speak with the pastor of this congregation. For further study, see

Matthew 5:23ff, 10:32ff, 18:15-35, 26:26-29; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.

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Prayer before Communing Almighty Lord Jesus Christ,

as often as I shall come

to Your holy table to refresh my spirit,

I pray You to make me,

unworthy as I am, worthy through Your grace;

impure as I am, to make me clean;

naked as I am, to clothe me,

so that Your body, so full of divine power,

and Your most precious blood may not become for me, Your servant,

the occasion for judgment or punishment,

but a memorial of the death You underwent for me,

a strengthening of my faith,

a proof of the taking away of my sins,

a bond of closer union with You and Your people,

an increase of holiness,

the basis of a glad resurrection,

and a pledge of everlasting life. Amen.

Sit Distribution

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“Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart” [LSB hymn 708]

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“Lamb of God” [LSB hymn 550]

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“Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior” [LSB hymn 627]

5 Firmly hold with faith unshaken

That this food is to be taken

By the sick who are distressed,

By hearts that long for peace and rest.

6 Agony and bitter labor

Were the cost of God’s high favor;

Do not come if you suppose

You need not Him who died and rose.

7 Christ says: “Come, all you that labor,

And receive My grace and favor:

Those who feel no pain or ill

Need no physician’s help or skill.

8 “For what purpose was My dying

If not for your justifying?

And what use this precious food

If you yourself were pure and good?”

9 If your heart this truth professes

And your mouth your sin confesses,

You will be your Savior’s guest,

Be at His banquet truly blest.

10 Let this food your faith so nourish

That its fruit of love may flourish

And your neighbor learn from you

How much God’s wondrous love can do.